Sheikh Abdulaziz launches Huwiyyah Tubna to promote Ajman architectural identity
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Ajman Land and Real Estate Regulation Department, has launched the Huwiyyah Tubna, or An Identity Being Built, initiative in Ajman. The programme is aimed at preserving and highlighting Ajman's cultural heritage by integrating traditional cultural elements into real estate development projects. Sheikh Abdulaziz said the initiative is intended to protect the historic architectural legacy of Ajman and to blend modernity with heritage through creative designs that reflect the stages of the emirate's architectural evolution. He linked the project to the urban renaissance taking place in Ajman and said it is meant... [Continue Reading]
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Tankers in Strait of Hormuz described as 'highly targeted' as southern corridor is shut
Commercial tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks were not random victims, but part of what shipping watchers described as a "highly, highly targeted" campaign, according to the supplied report. The latest disruption centres on the narrow waterway linking Gulf producers to global markets, where traffic has already been choked by Iranian action. The report says the pressure has now extended to the southern corridor, a route that hugs the Omani coastline and had been used as an alternative for oil and gas shipments.The supplied material says Iran decided last week to shut down that southern route as... [Continue Reading]
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]
